[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR264.16]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 264_STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, 
STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_General Facility Standards
 
Sec. 264.16  Personnel training.

    (a)(1) Facility personnel must successfully complete a program of 
classroom instruction or on-the-job training that teaches them to 
perform their duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance 
with the requirements of this part. The owner or operator must ensure 
that this program includes all the elements described in the document 
required under paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

[Comment: Part 270 of this chapter requires that owners and operators 
submit with part B of the RCRA permit application, an outline of the 
training program used (or to be used) at the facility and a brief 
description of how the training program is designed to meet actual job 
tasks.]

    (2) This program must be directed by a person trained in hazardous 
waste management procedures, and must include instruction which teaches 
facility personnel hazardous waste management procedures (including 
contingency plan implementation) relevant to the positions in which they 
are employed.
    (3) At a minimum, the training program must be designed to ensure 
that facility personnel are able to respond effectively to emergencies 
by familiarizing them with emergency procedures, emergency equipment, 
and emergency systems, including, where applicable:
    (i) Procedures for using, inspecting, repairing, and replacing 
facility emergency and monitoring equipment;
    (ii) Key parameters for automatic waste feed cut-off systems;
    (iii) Communications or alarm systems;
    (iv) Response to fires or explosions;

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    (v) Response to ground-water contamination incidents; and
    (vi) Shutdown of operations.
    (b) Facility personnel must successfully complete the program 
required in paragraph (a) of this section within six months after the 
effective date of these regulations or six months after the date of 
their employment or assignment to a facility, or to a new position at a 
facility, whichever is later. Employees hired after the effective date 
of these regulations must not work in unsupervised positions until they 
have completed the training requirements of paragraph (a) of this 
section.
    (c) Facility personnel must take part in an annual review of the 
initial training required in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) The owner or operator must maintain the following documents and 
records at the facility:
    (1) The job title for each position at the facility related to 
hazardous waste management, and the name of the employee filling each 
job;
    (2) A written job description for each position listed under 
paragraph (d)(1) of this section. This description may be consistent in 
its degree of specificity with descriptions for other similar positions 
in the same company location or bargaining unit, but must include the 
requisite skill, education, or other qualifications, and duties of 
employees assigned to each position;
    (3) A written description of the type and amount of both 
introductory and continuing training that will be given to each person 
filling a position listed under paragraph (d)(1) of this section;
    (4) Records that document that the training or job experience 
required under paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section has been 
given to, and completed by, facility personnel.
    (e) Training records on current personnel must be kept until closure 
of the facility; training records on former employees must be kept for 
at least three years from the date the employee last worked at the 
facility. Personnel training records may accompany personnel transferred 
within the same company.

[45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 2848, Jan. 12, 1981; 48 
FR 14294, Apr. 1, 1983; 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]